Garter



C. M. POSTL.

GARTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I3, 1919.

1,404,71 9, I Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

CHARLES M. POSTL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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To allwhomz't may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. PosTL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garters adapted to support socks; more particularly it is directed to certain novel and improved features by which the present garter is required to maintain at all times a substantially constant supporting tension upon a sock, regardless of the posture of the wearer, and with no appreciable pressure upon the leg.

An exemplification of this invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein- Figure 1 exhibits the garter as it appears when laid out in a plane; and

Fig. 2 shows the garter as applied in use.

In carrying out this invention, I employ two suspension straps preferably of elastic material, each alike, and designated as 5, each strap having its ends provided with any appropriate fastening means, such asthe clamps 6, those at one end being adapted to connect with the lower edge of knee drawers 7, and those at the other end with the upper edge of a sock 8. Arranged between the two straps 5 at a point substantially midway of their length is a band 9 which may or may not be of elastic material. Pref erably each suspension strap is adjustable in length in the usual manner, and for this purpose is equipped with the familiar buckles 10 arranged preferably one near each end of the strap and upon opposite sides of the band.

The application of the garter will be readily understood from Fig. 2 wherein is represented a man Whose legs are in different postures, one being bent at the knee, and the other substantially straight. As will be noted, the clamps at the upper ends of the suspension straps are fastened to the lower edge of the drawer, so as to lie upon substantially opposite sides of the leg, the lower pair of clamps being fastened to the upper edge of the sock. In this manner, there is provided a double means of suspension for the sock, the supporting strain being distributed over two places along its upper Specification of Letters Patent.

' both Patented Jan. 2d, 1922.

Application filed September 13, 1919. Serial No. 323,512.

edge, and a like manner of strain distribution exists for the drawers. The band which extends across the front of the leg just below the knee joint accommodates itself to the curvature of the leg so as to allow the garter to set snugly therealong.

Normally with the leg straightened out, suspension straps lie substantially straight, but with bending of the knee these straps are required t bend in substantial conformity therewith, due to the pull exerted by the band which lies across the front side of the leg. This deflection of the suspenslon straps from the normal straight line relation acts to maintain a substantially even tension upon the sock since no slack in the straps 5 is allowed to develop. This feature is of obvious advantage since the sock is better supported in consequence, and since a corresponding downward pull is exerted upon the drawers which oftentimes conduces to comfort. Very important, however, is the advantage realized in this garter that practically no pressure is exerted upon the leg whose sensitive blood vessels are apt thereby to be affected detrimentally and injuriously such as to impair the health of the wearer. F or these reasons, it will be recognized that my garter is both eifective and healthful as a supporting medium for socks.

I claim:

A garter comprising in combination a pair of straps of a length to extend in parallel relation from a point approximating the thigh to a point approximating the calf of the leg on the inner and outer sides thereof, each strap at its upper end being provided with means for attachment to a short length under garment and at its lower end with means for attachment to a sock, and an intermediate cross band of a length to connect the vertical straps and extending only across the front half of the leg at a point below the knee for holding the straps in parallel relation with the sides of the leg when in straightened and bent positions and maintaining even supporting tension and preventing slack without imposing any supporting tension on the leg itself, substantially as described.

CHARLES M. POSTL.

Witness EPHRAIM BANNING. 

